My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.

Its really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.

One thing that is not to be underestimated is American cultures influence on the rest of the world.

Family hang-outs can go very late into the night and involve lots of music.

Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.

In Australia, kids play in American accents.

I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.

Sci-fi opens the way in mind for the new science.

And they said one to another We are verily guilty concerning our brother in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us and we would not hear.

Time is one of my most valuable assets.

Poetry is a tracing of the trajectories of a finite sound to the infinite points of its echoes.

Polygamists have no connection with us whatsoever. They don't belong to the church. There are actually no Mormon fundamentalists.

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

My mother is a Muslim - she walks five steps behind my father. She doesn't have to. He just looks better from behind.

If compassion was the motivating factor behind all of our decisions, would our world not be a completely different place?

If all we seek is an escape, what does that say about the world we live in? That village, that city, that life? We are desperate with our dreams. What - oh, what - does that say?

I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.